The Effect of Short-term High-dose Treatment with Methenamine Hippurate of Urinary Infection in Geriatric Patients with Indwelling Catheters

I. The preparation and morphology of a quantified urine sediment

Bo Norberg Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Education, University of Lund and the School of Nursing, Lund, Sweden; 3 M Riker Laboratories, Skärholmen, Sweden

Astrid Norberg Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Education, University of Lund and the School of Nursing, Lund, Sweden; 3 M Riker Laboratories, Skärholmen, Sweden

Ulf Parkhede Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Education, University of Lund and the School of Nursing, Lund, Sweden; 3 M Riker Laboratories, Skärholmen, Sweden

Hans Gippert Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Education, University of Lund and the School of Nursing, Lund, Sweden; 3 M Riker Laboratories, Skärholmen, Sweden

Måns Åkerman Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Education, University of Lund and the School of Nursing, Lund, Sweden; 3 M Riker Laboratories, Skärholmen, Sweden

Abstract

A quantified sediment of the urine from patients with indwelling catheters was prepared by fixation of 0.1 ml urine in 0.9 ml 2% glutaraldehyde immediately after sampling. Slide preparations were then made from 0.2 ml of the glutaraldehyde suspension by means of a cytocentrifuge. Bacteria and epithelial cells were properly contrasted by the May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain but haematoxylineosin and the Papanicolaou stain were superior as regards leukocyte morphology. It is suggested that glutaraldehyde-cytocentrifuge preparations of the urine cytology may be useful in the evaluation of urinary infection and in the evaluation of the therapy of urinary infection.

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